Drive by shooting?

[Newlook]

Somebody forwarded this to me via email:



Subject: URGENT PLEASE READ

Remember the \"drive-by\" shooting that happened on the 401 in August? It was all over the news? This is what happened to that guy:

POLICE WARNING:

ONE OF THE OFFICERS WHO WORKS WITH THE DARE PROGRAM HAS PASSED ALONG THE FOLLOWING WARNING AND ASKED THAT IT BE SHARED WITH ALL DRIVERS. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY SERIOUS MATTER.

IF YOU ARE DRIVING AFTER DARK AND YOU SEE A CAR WITHOUT ITS HEADLIGHTS ON.... DO NOT FLASH YOUR LIGHTS!!!!!

DO NOT BLOW YOUR HORN OR MAKE ANY SIGNALS TO THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER CAR.

THERE IS A NEW COMMON GANG INITIATION \'GAME\' GOING ON THE STREETS.

THE NEW MEMBER BEING INITIATED DRIVES ALONG WITHOUT HIS HEADLIGHTS ON UNTIL SOMEONE NOTICES AND FLASHES THEIR HEADLIGHTS OR MAKES SOME SORT OF OTHER ACTION TO SIGNAL HIM. THE GANG MEMBER IS NOW REQUIRED TO CHASE THE CAR AND SHOOT AT OR INTO THE CAR IN ORDER TO COMPLETE HIS INITIATION REQUIREMENTS.

MAKE SURE YOU SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND ANYONE ELSE YOU CAN REACH. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL YOUR LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT.

PLEASE TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY.

THIS IS NOT A JOKE. PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW ON E-MAIL AND IN PERSON. IT COULD SAVE SOMEONE\'S LIFE.

What do you think? Another urban legend? If this\'s the case how come it\'s not on the news?

[Dr Butcher]

It\'s an urban legend. Someone\'s just taken it and fit it to the situation. I think it originally started in LA where there were a lot of gangs.

The highly acclaimed program gives children the skills they need to avoid involvement in drugs, gangs, or violence. D.A.R.E. was founded in 1983 in LosAngeles and has proven so successful that it is now being implemented in nearly 75 percent of our nation\'s school districts and in 44 countries around the world.

D.A.R.E. is a police officer-led series of classroom lessons that teach children from kindergarten through 12th grade how to resist peer pressure and live productive drug and violence-free lives. The program, developed jointly by the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles Unified School District, initially focused on elementary school children. It has now been expanded to include middle school and high school students.

[majic]

I concur.. espceially that it\'s all in \"CAPS\"

mind you.. now that some sicko knws about this, he/she can change it from an urban legend into a reality.. ugh scary..

[wtom]

Urban Legend, my friend;

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/lightout.asp

But yes, with today\'s society, any sicko can turn a legend into a reality.

[Newlook]

Thx searchmen :D